REU Site: Multidisciplinary Physics at Purdue University

该奖项将支持普渡大学物理学本科生研究经验（REU）和教师研究经验（RET）网站的延续。REU网站将为来自全国各地的12名物理学专业本科生提供为期10周的研究项目，重点是与普渡大学物理系各学科的教师进行一对一的指导。与科学家社区的互动是通过一系列跨学科科学研讨会，两次关于他们研究的公开演讲，参观普渡大学的科学设施，包括独特的砖纳米技术中心，实地考察费米实验室和阿贡国家设施，REU奥林匹克在圣母大学，以及社会活动来强调的。该REU项目的参与者将与他们的导师和其他研究人员合作，推进物理学的各种最新领域，例如：降维导体中电子的纳米物理学、蛋白质的动力学行为、光合作用的量子机制、单分子/蛋白质动态成像、在地球科学中使用宇宙生成核作为计时器、使用革命性的BioCD方法检测样品中的多种蛋白质、提高硬度和分辨率的粒子探测器、TeV辐射探测器、利用超新星研究暗能量、核探测器传感危险物质的新应用、石墨烯的储氢特性、生物膜在地震测量中的应用、核衰变的基本性质、射电天文学的增强长基线成像、地质结构中的地震传播、欧洲核子研究中心大型强子对撞机紧凑介子螺线管探测器收集的数据分析，以及其他当前重要的主题。类似的机会也将提供给两位RET参与者，他们的研究活动将反映在他们随后的课堂教学中，激励他们自己的学生从事研究工作。

This award will support the continuation of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) site in Physics at Purdue University. The REU site will provide 12 undergraduate physics majors from across the country with a ten week long research project emphasizing one-to-one mentoring with faculty from a wide range of disciplines within the Purdue University Department of Physics. Interactions with the community of scientists is emphasized with a interdisciplinary science seminar series, two required public talks on their research, tours of Purdue scientific facilities including the unique Brick nanotechnology center, field trips to national facilities at Fermilab and Argonne, REU Olympics at Notre Dame University, plus social activities. The participants in this REU program will collaborate with their mentors and other researchers to advance the diverse state-of-the-art areas of physics, such as: nanophysics of electrons in reduced dimensional conductors, the dynamical behavior in proteins, the quantum mechanisms of photosynthesis, single molecule/protein dynamic imaging, the use of cosmogenic nuclei as chronometers in geoscience, detection of multiple proteins in a sample using revolutionary BioCD approach, particle detectors with improved hardness and resolution, detectors for TeV radiation, investigation of dark energy using supernovae, novel application of nuclear detectors for sensing hazardous materials, hydrogen storage properties of graphene, application of biofilms in seismic measurements, the fundamental nature of nuclear decay, enhanced long-baseline imaging for radio astronomy, seismic propagation in structures of geologic interest, analysis of data collected by Compact Muon Solenoid detector for Large Hadron Collider at CERN, and other current topics of importance. Similar opportunities will be available for two RET participants, whose research activities will be reflected in their subsequent classroom teaching, inspiring their own students about careers in research.